THIS WEEK
Sat., Oct. 31 – Patriot League Championship, 11:00 a.m.

The Colgate University women's cross-country team will host the Patriot League Championship on Oct. 31. The meet is set to begin at 11 a.m. The Raiders finished seventh last season.

LAST OUTING
Sophomore Elise DeRoo led the Colgate University women's cross-country team to fifth-place, at the Albany Invitational.
DeRoo brought home the individual title with a personal-best and school-record time of 17:28.7. This is DeRoo's second individual title of the season.
Middlebury won the meet placing four harriers in the top-25 for a low score of 88 points, while the Raiders finished fifth overall with 143 points out of a field of 24.
Junior Julie Tarallo finished second on the team with a time of 18:22.4, while sophomore Kelly Cattano, senior Emily Oliver, and junior Stacey Marion rounded out the Raiders with times of 18:43.7, 18:47.2 and 18:50.2, respectively.

2009 HONORS
Elise DeRoo has been named the Patriot League Female Runner of the Week twice this season, following her performances at the Harry Lang Invitational and Albany Invitational. DeRoo also owns the individual title in both meets.

THE NARDELLI FILE
The 2009 Patriot League Women's Coach of the Year and 2000 Patriot League Men's Coach of the Year, Laura Nardelli, is in her 12th season as the head coach of the women's track and field program, and her eighth season as the head women's cross country coach at Colgate University.
Nardelli coached both the men's and women's track and field teams at Colgate before taking over as the women's cross country and track and field coach in 2001.
In 2007, Nardelli coached two cross country members to first-team all-Patriot League recognition as Stacey Marion '11 became the first rookie runner in history to also claim the league title, and Elizabeth Kennedy '08 finished fourth. Kennedy later took the ECAC title and went on garner NCAA All-Region honors, as she led the team to an all-time high 12th place finish in the Northeast. Nardelli's cross-country teams have also been honored with the NCAA Division I All-Academic Team award for 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
In 2009 Nardelli's track & field squad earned 22 All-Patriot League titles, and Curry Knox was named Patriot League track athlete of the meet outdoors after she won the 100, 100 hurdles, and anchored the 4 x 100 relay, and took 2nd place in the 200. The team finished 3rd in the league, the highest finish since 1995.
In 2000, Nardelli was named the Patriot League Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year after leading the Raiders to a third-place team finish, their best since the first league meet in 1991. At Colgate, Nardelli has produced 115 All-Patriot League performers, seven Patriot League Athletes of the Meet, five ECAC medalists, and nine NCAA qualifiers.
   
UP NEXT
Colgate will travel to Boston for the NCAA Regional Qualifier on Nov. 14. The meet is set to begin at 11 a.m.